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Saturday, 22 August 2015

PRESIDENT BUHARI PINPOINTS 13 NON-OIL REVENUE SOURCES

Muhammadu Buhari

In view of the necessity of
diversifying the economy owing to drop in revenue from oil, the administration
of President Muhammadu Buhari has pinpointed
thirteen alternative products to serve as sources of revenue generation for the
country.

The best-selling and most
sought after online business news are articles publishers, Tectono Business Review, got to
know this development when it was made known by the Managing Director of
Nigeria’s Export and Import (NEXIM) Bank, Mr.
Roberts Orya, in Makurdi while speaking with journalists at the end of a
three-day awareness workshop for North Central States on the prospects of
diversification to non-oil sector economy.

According to Mr. Orya, the
identification of 13 non-oil revenue sources became necessary for Nigeria to
source for alternative ways of revenue generation following an ongoing fall in
the prices of petroleum products at the international oil market.

He added: “Under this arrangement, every state will have a particular
product to focus on, but cumulatively, the government has identified 13
products and we are hoping that in the next 2 or 3 years, that will be the
focus of the government. Part of the initiative is to ensure that government
comes up with a policy of one state-one product, to bring a system where every
state will be involved in deepening the non-oil sector. This is the area we intend
to generate our revenue from; it is not the current situation where, 70 percent
of our revenue is coming from oil.”

Mr. Orya stated that
Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa and one of the fastest growing
economies in the world, could no longer afford to rely so heavily on crude oil,
as the mainstay of her economy, hence the need for alternative measures. He
added that as the trade policy bank of Nigerian government, has stopped the
practice of financing the exportation of raw agricultural commodities to other
nations and that such practice does not only encourage capital flight but also
has the tendency to reduce jobs creation.

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